Nyamuwe Surname
Approximately 179 people bear this surname
Nyamuwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 177 | 1:87,222 | 12,639 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Nyamuwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nyamuwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nyamuwe has its highest incidence in Zimbabwe. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nyamuwe click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nyamuwe? popularity and diffusion
Nyamuwe is the 1,276,805th most frequent surname on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 40,712,547 people. The surname Nyamuwe is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Nyamuwe live; 99 percent live in Southern Africa and 99 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
The last name Nyamuwe is most commonly used in Zimbabwe, where it is held by 177 people, or 1 in 87,222. In Zimbabwe it is most prevalent in: Manicaland Province, where 58 percent reside, Harare Province, where 19 percent reside and Mashonaland East Province, where 14 percent reside. Outside of Zimbabwe this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The DR Congo, where 1 percent reside and South Africa, where 1 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nyamuwe
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